Stock Market Analysis & Opinion

The S&P 500 has fallen for four weeks, its longest losing streak in over a year.A newly crafted $2.2 trillion US stimulus package from Democrats is lifting sentiment at the start of the new...

Looking for an excuse to rebound after limping to a close last week, European investors clung onto a normally ignored piece of data out of China. For the 4th consecutive month Chinese industrial...

Eurozone equity markets finished on a low note on Friday because of the jump in the number of fresh Covid-19 cases.France registered a record number of new coronavirus cases on Thursday and the...

Last Friday, the US stock market ended a negative week on a high note led by technology stocks where the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 recorded solid gains of 1.6% and 2.3% respectively.Also, the higher...

View the estimated indices dividend drop points* for week commencing 28 September 2020. Cash index / day Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Australia 200 0.06 0.31 0.09 Canada 60 0.83 ...

Watch our week ahead video preview, read our pick of the top stories to look out for this week (28 September - 2 October), and view our key company earnings schedule. Michael looks back at another...

It has been a rollercoaster year for UK shares, with coronavirus sending a wave of uncertainty through the economy. For investors in well known companies like Wh Smith (LON:SMWH), the question is:...

After the turbulence that ripped through the stock market in March, shares in Cvs (LON:CVSG) have gone on to outperform.In terms of relative price strength, the price is up by 28.6% against the market...

Keen to see out the end of a painful week with minimal fuss, the European indices started slower than they have done in the last few sessions. Despite the pound’s gains against the dollar and...

While broader markets are currently giving up gains of the past few months, investors wonder if there are defensive spaces to weather the storm during these choppy weeks. One such sector possibly is...

The current steep sell-off in Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) shares is not surprising. Those who follow the electric car-maker have seen the boom-and-bust cycles many times during the past two years.In the...

It seems somewhat counterintuitive at a time when politicians appear reluctant to pull the trigger on fiscal stimulus plans, that when we do get one, the one index that should benefit underperforms...

Equity markets in Europe are in the red.Health concerns are playing on dealers’ minds and the rising number of new Covid-19 cases in the UK is concerning. The UK Chancellor of the Exchequer,...

The US stock market oscillated between gains and losses throughout yesterday’s session where the S&P 500 started the day lower by -0.9% but eked out a meagre gain of +0.30% Almost all...